Hypnosis is a natural state we go in and out of all day long. In basics we have two parts of our mind, the conscious and the subconscious. The subconscious is fueled by information that it receives from the conscious mind, let me give an example to make this easier to understand.

The first day of a job or job interview (if the same location) you spend time looking at the directions and often will leave a good time earlier the first few days to make sure you have the route down. This is your conscious mind

Now that you have that, have you ever had a time when you arrived at this location and did not really remember getting there?

Have you ever driven past your exit or got to where you were going but did not remember getting there?

That is social hypnosis, a process we go through often throughout the day.

In other words your mind on automatic pilot is your subconscious. The subconscious is fed by your conscious. So to continue with the car example part of your mind You set up the familiar direction and your mind takes over allowing your thought to drift off to the other important things, i.e.: What are you going to be doing once you have reached your destination

Your automatic pilot is your subconscious freeing up the conscious part of your mind to think about other stuff.

Now the interesting

Your automatic pilot is your subconscious, freeing up the conscious part of your mind to think about other stuff. Now the interesting part is when you are going in a new direction, your mind has to do more of the conscious thinking about getting to the destination.

Same rules apply for changing your regular routines and making them into a different direction.